Café Antoine

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifNQTUGuNhuE8GytFfhyvM_Uz5fmPnHXpeuh1336bl-Motuzshpa9NHChGpd1ubMBblkxy6KXebF6lnKOqegdFwfECMnIhVK9pnkx3kr6VFAUCSwRWsEEyFeHZQhB8KitGU1RihEsSe4w/s1600/2013+May+22+Wed_187DSC_5797.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifNQTUGuNhuE8GytFfhyvM_Uz5fmPnHXpeuh1336bl-Motuzshpa9NHChGpd1ubMBblkxy6KXebF6lnKOqegdFwfECMnIhVK9pnkx3kr6VFAUCSwRWsEEyFeHZQhB8KitGU1RihEsSe4w/s640/2013+May+22+Wed_187DSC_5797.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Café Antoine</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sadly, this charming little cafe </div><div style="text-align: center;">with its red facade</div><div style="text-align: center;">and zinc bar is closed.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy to say that before it closed</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I enjoyed lunch with a friend as we sat </div><div style="text-align: center;">in this front window and chatted with the regulars.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Café Antoine</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">17, rue Jean de la Fontaine</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75016, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Café Antoine

Café Antoine Sadly, this charming little cafe  with its red facade and zinc bar is closed. Happy to say that before it closed  I enjoyed lun...

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Métro Réamur-Sébastapol

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgh4v8kVGP1eVfBCT_o_BVotHml7KZ-D5Jllpo-kUUFHBRyzZyFV6v4Sl2QZEr6sLYvR4WJmQ4zgE2oaHA1nYeyKyKjk1TqshAZ5DHBmIGYZCC7vuKR5GQyg7AhyMBfomPjcJDiu8kcfg/s1600/2010+Dec+3+DSC_0159.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgh4v8kVGP1eVfBCT_o_BVotHml7KZ-D5Jllpo-kUUFHBRyzZyFV6v4Sl2QZEr6sLYvR4WJmQ4zgE2oaHA1nYeyKyKjk1TqshAZ5DHBmIGYZCC7vuKR5GQyg7AhyMBfomPjcJDiu8kcfg/s1600/2010+Dec+3+DSC_0159.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">With an entrance designed by</div><div style="text-align: center;">the renown Hector Guimard, French architect.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">He is now the best known representative of  the</div><div style="text-align: center;">Art Nouveau style of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This metro station entrance is but one of the styles</div><div style="text-align: center;">designed for the Métro.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">When you are in Paris, </div><div style="text-align: center;">make a list, a sketch, a photo...</div><div style="text-align: center;"> of all the ones you can find.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon weekend</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Réamur-Sébastapol station entrance</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue de Palestro</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75002, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Métro Réamur-Sébastapol

With an entrance designed by the renown Hector Guimard, French architect. He is now the best known representative of  the Art Nouveau style ...

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Rue du Faubourg Montmartre - Bouillon Chartier

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9666832083/" title="2011 0418 DSC_0390 b-w by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2011 0418 DSC_0390 b-w" height="800" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7340/9666832083_f0cb49c891_c.jpg" width="532" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Doorway</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rue du Faubourg Montmartre</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I took this photo two years ago </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and was unable on my last visit to confirm that the doorway still exists.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The curtain in the open window is a deep rose.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Many of the charming windows and doors along the busy streets of Paris </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">have been converted or remodeled into something more modern.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If this is Bouillon Chartier as the small sign might imply, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I am hopeful that this doorway has been preserved </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as well as the elegant dining room of this historic restaurant.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Established in 1896, it still serves in the original location.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Next trip I will have to step inside for a closer view.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Bouillon Chartier</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">7, rue du Faubourg Montmartre</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75009, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Rue du Faubourg Montmartre - Bouillon Chartier

Doorway Rue du Faubourg Montmartre I took this photo two years ago  and was unable on my last visit to confirm that the doorway still exists...

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Métro Réaumur-Sébastopol - Entrée d'Hector Guimard

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTX6LI7BS_YErGx_LDuLpyFopOcH8wndH0XNpyDXQyHoQqxmejb8h8PK3mbgqA5jSwVUaAVL0VPjAHItCnweOU9_ycNeeuVKnxC7e2WChPEOF_y_dOrRJ0JJ3OID1GqYu89-zPoRYLreQ/s1600/2010+Dec+3+DSC_0159.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTX6LI7BS_YErGx_LDuLpyFopOcH8wndH0XNpyDXQyHoQqxmejb8h8PK3mbgqA5jSwVUaAVL0VPjAHItCnweOU9_ycNeeuVKnxC7e2WChPEOF_y_dOrRJ0JJ3OID1GqYu89-zPoRYLreQ/s640/2010+Dec+3+DSC_0159.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Art Nouveau design</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">These famed entrances designed by Hector Guimard were surrounded in talk and not a little controversy in 1900.  The most elaborate were those with glass canopies, of which three still exist.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Guimard's design above can be seen all over Paris, and there are 80 of this style with cast-iron balustrades decorated in plant-like motifs still remaining today.  The orange light globes sit atop ornate cast-iron supports in the form of plant stems.  Typical of the Art Nouveau style, the entire design is quite "organic."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Réaumur-Sébastopol - Entrée d'Hector Guimard</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Lines 3 et 4</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75002, 75003, Paris  </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Métro Réaumur-Sébastopol - Entrée d'Hector Guimard

Art Nouveau design These famed entrances designed by Hector Guimard were surrounded in talk and not a little controversy in 1900.  The most ...

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Immeuble - 9 rue Murillo

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMxvw04Cieeu_Nrx9GGcADnIgvmZ5BJYKOHSpBB3lyADgtWTm4NuxxcKud1aq56aJcXXxrDc3BFDFG_L4n3O2LN8orSO1SPemZ-u6DaFYrHZGaRsXjJPWyeKrvM9NO3PfAVfmIeVwE3w4/s1600/2011+april+day+7+DSC_0185.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hea="true" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMxvw04Cieeu_Nrx9GGcADnIgvmZ5BJYKOHSpBB3lyADgtWTm4NuxxcKud1aq56aJcXXxrDc3BFDFG_L4n3O2LN8orSO1SPemZ-u6DaFYrHZGaRsXjJPWyeKrvM9NO3PfAVfmIeVwE3w4/s640/2011+april+day+7+DSC_0185.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Is the awning by Hector Guimard?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">That was my original question when I lifed my camera for a shot.  In the subsequent months I have found that the awning is but a part of this amazing residence designed in 1870 by the architect Gustave Clausse.  The rez-de-chaussée et le premier étage (ground floor and the next floor) were built in stone and the three upper floors in patterned brick.  Above the awning you can see the arched windows decorated with polychrome ceramics.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So, is it a Guimard?  Honestly, I do not know.  Most of Guimard's Paris work was started about 10 years after this building was completed.  There are more secrets about this residence, and I will share a special one with you another time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Residence</em></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>9, rue Murillo</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75008, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>For more reflections go to James' <a href="http://www.weekendreflection.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #bf9000;">Weekend Reflection</span></strong></a></em></span></div>

Immeuble - 9 rue Murillo

Is the awning by Hector Guimard? That was my original question when I lifed my camera for a shot.  In the subsequent months I have found tha...

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Hector Guimard - art nouveau

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzdIv7qQHAcVemYSS9n-pAOGF17pTwWuz311g3VplP7wiMqI4UazEXE6mMmVqadZ1a5h2MzYoKR4oMox5kqjeTXlq67TXV_2onE0G-FahjVXo7-s2QD82RAUCpw0FWu3AeB3luazgrkjg/s1600/2011+nov+day+6+DSC_0184.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" fba="true" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzdIv7qQHAcVemYSS9n-pAOGF17pTwWuz311g3VplP7wiMqI4UazEXE6mMmVqadZ1a5h2MzYoKR4oMox5kqjeTXlq67TXV_2onE0G-FahjVXo7-s2QD82RAUCpw0FWu3AeB3luazgrkjg/s640/2011+nov+day+6+DSC_0184.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The graceful curves of this wrought iron and glass awning are typical of art nouveau detail.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The pattern on the stones resembling coral are called "vermiculation" as it mimics the trail of worms in soft soil.  This is one form of an architectural technique known as "rustication" which has been in use at least since the rennaissance period.  You may have noticed this same pattern on the Louvre palace and Haussmannian buildings around Paris.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This elegant home which sits inside the gates of Parc de Monceau has a stunning main entrance in the courtyard.  This is just the "back door."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>5, ave Van Dyck</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75008, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Hector Guimard - art nouveau

The graceful curves of this wrought iron and glass awning are typical of art nouveau detail. The pattern on the stones resembling coral are ...

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